Kayla JT
@kaylajt.bsky.social
Always learning something from @kentsmith.bsky.social's In Case You Missed It.
I particularly liked this quote: "Poverty is not a failure of personal responsibility. It's a failure of public policy priorities."
I particularly liked this quote: "Poverty is not a failure of personal responsibility. It's a failure of public policy priorities."
This week the Greater Cleveland United Way came to the Ohio Capitol to make sure the Legislature knew about their ALICE report. In this week's ICYMI, we explain what the ALICE report is, which way the trend lines are going, and what state government should do to help.
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Always learning something from @kentsmith.bsky.social's In Case You Missed It.
I particularly liked this quote: "Poverty is not a failure of personal responsibility. It's a failure of public policy priorities."
I particularly liked this quote: "Poverty is not a failure of personal responsibility. It's a failure of public policy priorities."
Been doodling the past few days. I give you: the fiddle leaf fig in my dining room.
July 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Been doodling the past few days. I give you: the fiddle leaf fig in my dining room.
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Cutting Medicaid means costs are shifted to providers. When patients lose coverage, they turn to ERs for care they can’t afford. Hospitals eat the cost, pass it on to insurers, and your premiums go up.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
June 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Cutting Medicaid means costs are shifted to providers. When patients lose coverage, they turn to ERs for care they can’t afford. Hospitals eat the cost, pass it on to insurers, and your premiums go up.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
Medicaid cuts mean a worse health care system for EVERYONE.
Thinking about this today as I work in my office with the lights off to try to conserve energy, since East coast energy companies are asking people to conserve energy where possible in this heat wave.
The Environmental Protection Agency has hinted at plans to shut down its Energy Star offices.
If Energy Star goes away, finding energy efficient appliances will be harder. Here are some tips
The Environmental Protection Agency has hinted at plans to shut down its Energy Star offices. That means the sticker that serves as an energy efficiency seal-of-approval could become less reliable or go away.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thinking about this today as I work in my office with the lights off to try to conserve energy, since East coast energy companies are asking people to conserve energy where possible in this heat wave.
I don't live in NYC but even here in Ohio I can tell that the results of this primary are going to have an impact far beyond the big apple. #mamdaniformayor 🤞🤞
As we head to Election Day, for folks who voted early, thank you. I know some folks have not yet made up their minds. I am making an appeal to you.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
Please do not rank Cuomo. I have worked with every single one of the candidates for mayor. I will tell you he does not like us.
June 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I don't live in NYC but even here in Ohio I can tell that the results of this primary are going to have an impact far beyond the big apple. #mamdaniformayor 🤞🤞
I have got to stop opening Bluesky before bed.
June 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I have got to stop opening Bluesky before bed.
😢
The Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
The Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
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June 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Um we are like one step away from the government collecting the DNA of every US citizen. Collect the DNA of children to solve future crimes... means they assume immigrant children will be criminals.
The DOJ has argued that DNA collection at the border will help solve crimes in the future. But experts say that the children’s raw genetic material will be stored indefinitely and worry that it could be used for more extensive profiling.
Link: www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
Link: www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...
May 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Um we are like one step away from the government collecting the DNA of every US citizen. Collect the DNA of children to solve future crimes... means they assume immigrant children will be criminals.
I remember this day so clearly. Reading about it. Hesitantly watching the video to bear witness. Quietly telling my husband, "I think I just watched someone be murdered." My stomach aches remembering. But remembering is so important. The injustice is still palpable. This happens all the time. RIP
Five years ago today, George Floyd was murdered by Derek Chauvin.
He should still be alive.
He should still be alive.
May 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I remember this day so clearly. Reading about it. Hesitantly watching the video to bear witness. Quietly telling my husband, "I think I just watched someone be murdered." My stomach aches remembering. But remembering is so important. The injustice is still palpable. This happens all the time. RIP
It's so wild to me how much men hate women.
Republicans just made their big bad billionaire tax bill worse.
They just added a provision that pressures health exchange plans to drop most abortion services—EVEN if federal funds aren’t used to pay for them.
Millions of women will lose access to basic health care if the GOP gets their way.
They just added a provision that pressures health exchange plans to drop most abortion services—EVEN if federal funds aren’t used to pay for them.
Millions of women will lose access to basic health care if the GOP gets their way.
May 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's so wild to me how much men hate women.
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Republicans are scheduling votes in the DEAD OF NIGHT on Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
They advanced their bill last night at 10:30PM. The next vote is scheduled for 1AM on Wednesday.
Why hide? Maybe because this bill rips away health care from babies, new moms, and seniors.
They advanced their bill last night at 10:30PM. The next vote is scheduled for 1AM on Wednesday.
Why hide? Maybe because this bill rips away health care from babies, new moms, and seniors.
May 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Republicans are scheduling votes in the DEAD OF NIGHT on Trump's "big, beautiful bill."
They advanced their bill last night at 10:30PM. The next vote is scheduled for 1AM on Wednesday.
Why hide? Maybe because this bill rips away health care from babies, new moms, and seniors.
They advanced their bill last night at 10:30PM. The next vote is scheduled for 1AM on Wednesday.
Why hide? Maybe because this bill rips away health care from babies, new moms, and seniors.
We have one democratic justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. A sitting republican justice wants to run against a sitting democratic justice before his term is even up so he can serve an additional 4 years than he’d be allowed to serve otherwise.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/05...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/05...
May 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We have one democratic justice on the Ohio Supreme Court. A sitting republican justice wants to run against a sitting democratic justice before his term is even up so he can serve an additional 4 years than he’d be allowed to serve otherwise.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/05...
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/05...
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The story about the burning of library books has made USA Today with some positive updates from the community. => www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Man accused of burning 100 library books on Jewish, African American, LGBTQ+ topics
The man reportedly posted videos of himself burning the books online in efforts to "cleanse" the library.
www.usatoday.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The story about the burning of library books has made USA Today with some positive updates from the community. => www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress:
"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
May 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress:
"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"
Surely unrelated, Cleveland Clinic is the only Northeast Ohio hospital system that did not operate at a loss last year.
May 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Surely unrelated, Cleveland Clinic is the only Northeast Ohio hospital system that did not operate at a loss last year.
I don't think it's okay for the administration to be pushing for mask bans at universities when ICE agents wear masks while literally kidnapping people.
May 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I don't think it's okay for the administration to be pushing for mask bans at universities when ICE agents wear masks while literally kidnapping people.
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Hear for yourself – from Head Start parents – about why Head Start is life-changing and funding shouldn’t be cut.
May 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hear for yourself – from Head Start parents – about why Head Start is life-changing and funding shouldn’t be cut.
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"The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it."
I visited Rümeysa Öztürk this week with @markey.senate.gov & @repmcgovern.bsky.social.
What we found was not just a young woman locked up without charge, but also a democracy being put to the test.
Read our op-ed about why her case has implications for everyone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
What we found was not just a young woman locked up without charge, but also a democracy being put to the test.
Read our op-ed about why her case has implications for everyone.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...
Opinion | We Visited Rumeysa Ozturk in Detention.
The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Constitution is only as strong as our willingness to defend it."
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
"Silence is a choice. And at this moment, it’s the most dangerous one. Because once protest is outlawed and speech is throttled, democracy isn’t under threat. It’s already fallen."
Ohio is building the machinery to punish dissent: Leila Atassi
Ohio’s proposed Senate Bill 87, like its predecessor SB 297, would dangerously blur the line between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel, chilling free speech and punishing dissent under t...
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April 22, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Silence is a choice. And at this moment, it’s the most dangerous one. Because once protest is outlawed and speech is throttled, democracy isn’t under threat. It’s already fallen."
I subscribed to @wired.com because of all the great DOGE reporting, resulting in my reading a magazine cover to cover for the first time... um ever 🙈.
I would have never clicked to read these articles online, and likewise, an algorithm wouldn't have served them to me... (1/2)
I would have never clicked to read these articles online, and likewise, an algorithm wouldn't have served them to me... (1/2)
April 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I subscribed to @wired.com because of all the great DOGE reporting, resulting in my reading a magazine cover to cover for the first time... um ever 🙈.
I would have never clicked to read these articles online, and likewise, an algorithm wouldn't have served them to me... (1/2)
I would have never clicked to read these articles online, and likewise, an algorithm wouldn't have served them to me... (1/2)
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It's almost as though privatization isn't always the answer 🤔
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/04/17/o...
Ohio Medicaid got rid of big middlemen. Says it paid pharmacies a lot more — and saved $140M • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Department of Medicaid department in 2022 gave powerful prescription drug middlemen the boot and created a new system. The result: Fees paid to pharmacies were boosted more than 1,200% while ...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's almost as though privatization isn't always the answer 🤔
Mohsen Mahdawi was on the path to citizenship when he was abducted from his final citizenship appointment.
Karim Daoud was also taken after he was told he needed to go to the immigration office for a routine matter.
Form your own conclusions.
Karim Daoud was also taken after he was told he needed to go to the immigration office for a routine matter.
Form your own conclusions.
Mr. Mahdawi has been accused of no crime. He's a green card holder for over 10 years. He was targeted for his speech.
Fundamentally anti-American.
Fundamentally anti-American.
April 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Mohsen Mahdawi was on the path to citizenship when he was abducted from his final citizenship appointment.
Karim Daoud was also taken after he was told he needed to go to the immigration office for a routine matter.
Form your own conclusions.
Karim Daoud was also taken after he was told he needed to go to the immigration office for a routine matter.
Form your own conclusions.